Perhaps understandably because of the carnage caused by the terrorist attack, the mayor could not help but _________ over the terrible decisions to be made, even though his subordinates on the scene passionately implored him to act immediately, one going so far as to quote David Farragut: “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.”A. equivocateB. divagateC. weepD. pineE. vacillateF. wail

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08 Oct 2017, 17:55

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Explanation

Given the pivot phrase “even though,” the answers must oppose “act immediately” and the Farragut quote. Divagate is a trap — it means “to wander or digress,” especially in speech, and so doesn’t quite work here. Weep and wail are a pair, but are not justified by the clues in the sentence.

Hence options equivocate, vacillate are correct!_________________

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